Overview of Library Services for Students in the College
and Graduate School of Education, Health, and Human
Services
@
Kent State University
www.library.kent.edu
Circulation Phone: 330-672-2425
Reference Center Phone: 330-672-3150
PERC’s
Kent State students working on term papers, speeches, and other
projects can get expert help from librarians through PErsonalized
Research Consultations (PERCs). These are 30-60 minutes sessions.
schedule a PERC stop by the Reference Desk or call 330-672-6150 at
least 2 days in advance.
To
Instant Message a Librarian
Need help, but can't get to the Library? You can now get expert help
from a KSU Librarian on IM. Just add the library to your buddy list:
IMaKSULibrarian
Office Hours:
Vanessa Earp, Liaison Librarian for Education
161 Library: By appointment (I am pretty flexible and willing to
meet when it is best for you)
E-mail: vearp@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-1657
Library Resources:
KentLINK:
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Library online catalog to locate books, periodicals,
audiovisual materials and other library materials.
Check out books for 1 semester for graduate students
Available at http://kentlink.kent.edu
OhioLINK Library Catalog:
 Combined catalogs of over 80 participating
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libraries in Ohio it one central library catalog
Online borrowing allows items to be delivered
within 3-5 working days
Check out books for 3 weeks (plus renew items)
Available at http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search
Research Databases:
 The library subscribes to over 100 research
databases
 You can access the databases from your home or
work computer as well. To find out how visit
the Office Campus Access to Library Resources
Page @ http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10231
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Here you will find information on setting up a
proxy or using OhioLINK authentication.
Research databases are just huge indexed lists
of articles that can be searched by topic.
There are 4 specific education databases
Education Abstracts, Education Research
Complete, ERIC, and The Professional
Development Collection. The education databases
can be found at
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10680
The psychology databases (PsycINFO and the
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection)
may also be useful. A complete listing of
psychology databases can be found at
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10479
Some helpful health databases are CINAHL,
Health Source (nursing academic edition), and
MedLine. A complete listing of health databases
can be found at
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10490
The databases are grouped together by subject.
Once you click on the Education link all the
databases that contain information on education
will appear together
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10680
RefWORKS:
RefWORKS is an electronic citation management tool. What does
that mean? It allows you to move citations from the databases
(ERIC, PsycINFO, ect..) into your RefWORKS account. Once the
citations are stored you can create a Reference List in APA
Format.
For more information on RefWORKS visit:
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/11033
For tips on importing citations from the different databases
visit:
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/11064
APA Cheat Sheet!
All information taken from Publication manual of the American Psychological Association,
which is at the Reference Desk (BF76.7 P83 2001)
Reference List basic format:
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Always double-space your reference list!
Always indent the second and subsequent lines of a citation!
Always arrange your reference list by the author’s last name!
Only use the first and middle initials of the author’s name, do not type out the full name!
If the article or book has multiple authors, you must list all of them up to 6!
Use the & symbol before the last author’s name, do not type out the word and!
Always italicize the journal or magazine title and the volume number!
Always italicize the book title.
Only capitalize the first word, first word of a subtitle, or proper nouns in an article or
book title.
ALWAYS ASK AT THE REFERENCE DESK IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS!!!!!
Books:
Author, A.A. (year). Title of book. Location: Publisher.
Robinson, D.N. (1992). Social discourse and moral judgment. San Diego, CA:
Academic Press.
Book Chapter:
Author, A.A. (year). Chapter title. In author, Book Title (pp.xx-xx). Location: Publisher.
O’Neil, J.M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for
healing, transition, and transformation. In B.R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues
across the life cycle (pp.107-123). New York: Springer.
Article from a journal that uses continuous pagination (each issue starts on
the page where the last stopped):
Author, A.A. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, vol #, pp-pp.
Kernis, M.H. (1993). There’s more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The
importance of stability of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 65, 1190-1204.
Article from a journal that does not use continuous pagination (each issue
starts on page 1):
Author, A.A. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, vol # (issue #), pp-pp.
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organizations.
Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2), 10-36.
Full text journal article from a library database :
Author, A.A. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, vol#, pp-pp. Retrieved (Month day, year),
from Database name.
Borman, W.C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2003, from
ERIC database.
Magazine article:
Author, A.A. (year, month, date). Title of article. Title of Journal, vol #, pp-pp.
Kandel, E.R., & Squire, L.R. (2000, November 10). Neuroscience: Breaking down scientific
barriers to the study of brain and mind. Science, 290, 1113-1120.
Internet Sources:
Author, A.A. (date of last update). Site title. Date you accessed the information. URL
U.S. General Accounting Office. (1997, February). Telemedicine: Federal strategy is needed to
guide investments. Retrieved September 12, 200.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hml
This sheet is only a sample of basic APA formatting, if you have questions please check
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, which is at the Reference Desk
(BF 76.7 P83 2001) or ask a reference librarian.
In text citation
APA style used the author and date when citing sources in the text. If you include the author’s
name in the narrative you only need to include the year in parentheses. If you don’t include the
author’s name in the narrative then you put it and the year in parentheses.
Ex.
Walker (2000) compared reaction times…..
Ex.
In a recent study of reaction times (Walker, 2000)
One work by multiple authors:
If your article, book or web site has 1 or 2 authors you must always use both of them in your in
text citations.
Ex.
as has been shown (Joreskog & Sorbom, 1989)
If your work has 3, 4, or 5 authors you must cite all the authors for the first in text citation. If
you cite that work again you only list the first author and et.al.
Ex.
this was found to be true (Wasserstein, Zappulla, Rosen, Gerstman, & Rock,
Ex.
The testing was concluded in 1985 (Wasserstein et al., 1994)
1994)
If your work has 6 or more authors you must cite the first author and then and et al.
Ex.
Davis et al. (1999) found that…
Ex.
According to the study (Davis et al., 1999)
Direct quotations:
If you use a direct quotation or image in your paper you must say what page (if an article) or
paragraph (if a web site) the quotation came from.
Ex.
(Cheek & Buss, 1981, p.332)
Ex.
(Myers, 2000, ¶ 5)
References
Borman, W.C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2003, from
ERIC database.
Kandel, E.R., & Squire, L.R. (2000, November 10). Neuroscience: Breaking down scientific
barriers to the study of brain and mind. Science, 290, 1113-1120.
Kernis, M.H. (1993). There’s more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The
importance of stability of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 65, 1190-1204.
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organizations.
Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2), 10-36.
O’Neil, J.M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for
healing, transition, and transformation. In B.R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues
across the life cycle (pp.107-123). New York: Springer
Robinson, D.N. (1992). Social discourse and moral judgment. San Diego, CA:
Academic Press.
U.S. General Accounting Office. (1997, February). Telemedicine: Federal strategy is needed to
guide investments. Retrieved September 12, 200.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hml
Scholarly journal vs. Popular magazine
Criteria
Scholarly Journal
Popular Magazine
Subject
Very subject specific.
Over many different
topics.
Length
Longer articles, usually providing indepth coverage of a topic
Shorter articles, gives
broad overview of topic.
Authorship
Author is an expert in the field or
subject matter.
Author is usually a staff
writer or professional
journalist, not a
researcher.
Articles are reviewed by subject experts
in the field. If the subject experts don’t
find the work to be of good quality, then
it won’t get published. (a list of
editors/reviewers are listed in the front
of the journal)
Articles are not reviewed
by subject experts.
Reference
List
Include a reference list, which cites all
the sources the author used.
No reference list is
provided.
Graphics
Normally no pictures, only tables and
charts that provide statistical data.
Graphics that are very
colorful and do not
provide statistical
information.
Reviewed